[Title 32 CFR 630.4]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2002 Edition]
[Title 32 - NATIONAL DEFENSE]
[Subtitle A - Department of Defense (Continued)]
[Chapter V - DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED)]
[Subchapter I - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS]
[Part 630 - ABSENTEE DESERTER APPREHENSION PROGRAM AND SURRENDER OF MILITARY PERSONNEL TO CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES]
[Subpart A - Purpose]
[Sec. 630.4 - Responsibilities.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


32NATIONAL DEFENSE42002-07-012002-07-01false630.4Sec. 630.4NATIONAL DEFENSEDepartment of Defense (Continued)DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED)LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONSABSENTEE DESERTER APPREHENSION PROGRAM AND SURRENDER OF MILITARY PERSONNEL TO CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIESPurpose
Sec. 630.4  Responsibilities.

    (a) The Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans (DCSOPS) is 
responsible for establishing law enforcement policy and procedures for 
the military absentee and deserter apprehension programs. The DCSOPS 
will--

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    (1) Exercise staff supervision over Army law enforcement activities.
    (2) Integrate operational control of the National Crime Information 
Center (NCIC) elements at the U.S. Army Deserter Information Point 
(USADIP).
    (3) Provide operational control of the NCIC elements at the USADIP.
    (4) Be the Department of the Army point of contact for the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on absentee and deserter apprehension 
policy matters.
    (b) The Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (DCSPER) is responsible 
for establishing personnel policy on absentees and deserters and will--
    (1) Exercise staff supervision over the USADIP.
    (2) Develop programs to assist commanders in deterring absenteeism.
    (3) Evaluate statistical profile data furnished by the Commanding 
General (CG), U.S. Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM) and CG, U.S. 
Army Personnel Information Systems Command (PERSINSCOM).
    (c) Commanders of major Army commands (MACOMs) will--
    (1) Supervise reporting and coordinate Army programs for the return 
to military control (RMC) of absentees, deserters, defectors, and 
special category absentees.
    (2) Ensure deserters returned to military control are reported IAW 
this part to end apprehension actions.
    (3) Provide military police support for the return of special 
category absentees and deserters from foreign countries to the 
Continental United States (CONUS) when required.
    (4) Assist in the return of soldiers to overseas commands under 
status of forces agreement.
    (5) Assure that recommended changes to Army Regulation 5-9 are 
proposed and coordinated with other MACOMs.
    (d) Commanding General, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command 
(USACIDC) is responsible for--
    (1) Entering and clearing subjects of USACIDC investigations and 
special category absentees reported by overseas commanders in the NCIC 
wanted person file.
    (2) Coordinating retrieval of records through the Director, U.S. 
Army Crime Records Center (USACRC) from the Defense Investigative 
Service (DIS) for special category absentees.
    (e) Commander, U.S. Army Enlisted Records and Evaluation Center 
(USAEREC) will--
    (1) Receive documentation and provide verification of reports of 
desertion and return to military control.
    (2) Maintain a centralized deserter data base for deserter 
statistical reporting requirements from the Automated Personnel 
Accounting System.
    (3) Maintain management data received on DD Form 616 (Report of 
Return of Absentee) to identify--
    (i) The number of deserters returned to military control monthly.
    (ii) The mode of return (surrender to or apprehended by military 
authorities, Department of Defense civilian police, civilian 
authorities, or FBI).
    (iii) Cases administratively closed (death, discharge, erroneous 
entry, and so forth). Date should be recorded in the processing month to 
hasten report compilation.
    (f) Chief, U.S. Army Deserter Information Point will--
    (1) Verify and document reports of desertion and return to military 
control.
    (2) Maintain a central deserter data base.
    (3) Provide data to DCSOPS, DCSPER, CG, PERSCOM and CG, PERSINSCOM, 
as required.
    (4) Complete cross checks against the Army Enlisted Master File 
(EMF), Joint Service Software, and other data systems to prevent false 
apprehension.
    (5) Query other Army automated personnel files to prevent mistaken 
reports of desertion.
    (6) Provide DD Form 553 (Deserter/Absentee Wanted by the Armed 
Forces) and DD Form 616 (Report of Return of Absentee) to military and 
civilian law enforcement authorities, to include the FBI when 
appropriate.
    (7) Advise U.S. Department of State, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Passport Services, of U.S. Army alien deserters who are known or 
suspected to have entered a foreign country, return to military control, 
or are discharged in absentia.
    (8) Enter wanted information into the NCIC.

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    (g) All Army installation commanders with active Army manpower 
assets have responsibilities for reporting and returning deserters to 
military control.
    (1) Coordinating installation commanders return of deserters to 
military control within their designated areas of responsibility.
    (2) Supporting installation commanders have responsibility for all 
locations within 50 miles of their respective installations. When 
efficiency and economy demand, these distances can be increased or 
diminished as determined between the coordinating installation and the 
supporting installation.
    (h) Installation provost marshals will endeavor or resolve 
procedural arrangements at the lowest command level IAW AR 5-9.